The Best of Talking Heads

The Best of Talking Heads
Compilation album by Talking Heads
Released	August 17, 2004
Recorded	1976-1988
Genre	New Wave/Art punk
Length	77:25
Label	Sire Records/Rhino Records/Warner Bros.
Producer	Tony Bongiovi, Brian Eno, Steve Lillywhite, Lance Quinn
Talking Heads chronology
Once in a Lifetime (2003) The Best of Talking Heads (2004) Talking Heads Brick (2005)

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The Best of Talking Heads is a 2004 compilation album by Talking Heads, released by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, and contains in all 18 tracks, from the beginning to the end of the Talking Heads history. It was released the same day (August 17, 2004) as the expanded The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, except where noted. Album names and dates are for the first and following tracks.

1. "Love → Building on Fire" (from single, 1977) – 2:59
2. "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977) – 4:20
3. "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" – 2:55
4. "Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978) – 5:04
5. "Found a Job" – 5:00
6. "Life During Wartime" (from Fear of Music, 1979) – 3:41
7. "Heaven" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 4:01
8. "Memories Can't Wait" – 3:30
9. "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) (from Remain in Light, 1980) – 4:20
10. "Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) – 4:31
11. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983) – 4:56
12. "Girlfriend Is Better" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) – 5:43
13. "Burning Down the House" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) – 4:01
14. "Road to Nowhere" (from Little Creatures, 1985) – 4:20
15. "And She Was" – 3:39
16. "Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories, 1986) – 3:41
17. "Blind" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) (from Naked, 1988) – 4:59
18. "(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth) – 5:33